winner

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ overall

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She didn't win every race, but she was the overall winner.

▪ outright (esp. BrE)

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With three teams finishing on 40 points, there was no outright winner.

▪ eventual

▪ joint (esp. BrE)

▪

They were joint winners of the cup.

▪ lucky

▪

She was the lucky winner of that week's biggest lottery prize.

▪ deserved, worthy (esp. BrE)

▪ real

▪

Who are the real winners in these elections?

▪ clear, comfortable (esp. BrE), convincing (esp. BrE), easy, runaway

▪

She emerged as the clear winner.

▪ impressive

▪ big

▪

There were no big winners in this week's lottery.

▪ shock (BrE), surprise, unexpected, unlikely

▪ likely, possible, potential

▪

She is the most likely winner of the contest.

▪ first-time, three-times, etc.

▪

Brazil, five-times winners of the World Cup

▪ consistent (esp. AmE), prolific (esp. BrE), regular

▪

She is a regular winner in local road races.

▪ award, championship, competition, contest, cup, election, jackpot, league, match, medal, prize (usually prizewinner), race, scholarship, title, tournament, trophy

▪

a bronze medal winner

▪ Academy Award, Emmy, Grammy, etc.

▪ Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, etc.

VERB + WINNER

▪ emerge as

▪ look (BrE), look like (esp. BrE)

▪

Barcelona look likely winners of the League.

▪ announce, declare (sb)

▪

The winner of the competition will be announced this afternoon.

▪

Bush was declared the winner of the election.

▪ choose, pick, select

▪

The winner will be chosen from the five architects who get through the first round.

▪

He's very good at picking winners (= at guessing who is going to win).

▪ decide, decide on, determine

▪ back

▪

He backed the winner and won £70.

WINNER + VERB

▪ get sth, receive sth

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The winner will receive a prize of $500.

PREPOSITION

▪ winner against, winner over

▪

Uruguay were impressive 3–0 winners over Japan.

▪ winner of

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the winner of the race